The night was as gloomy as water, a bright moon rose from the east of the city, carefully moving the direction, the light white silver frost shone on the ground through the dead branches, and the rough polished stone paved courtyard reflected a dark ink painting, between black and white, with the wind became flexible.

In the courtyard, Su Xiaoyan sent the mouthy Xing'er to boil hot water, while she sat in the corridor on the second floor, holding a simple old book in her hand, gently leaning on the railing, and looking at it seriously by the yellowish flickering candlelight above her head.

At one point, she looked away from the book and into the small courtyard beyond the two courtyard walls, where the candles had gone out at some point, and the undisguised roar and complaint had dispersed together. The corners of Su Xiaoyan's lips were slightly hooked, her hands were folded on the railing, and she put her chin on the back of her hand like that, a little more playful, but her big smart eyes were spinning, and she didn't know if she was brewing any bad intentions.

Soon after, Xing'er, who was in an unhappy mood, climbed upstairs, the sound was a little noisy, Su Xiaoyan came back to her senses, turned around, and the little girl who came up at the stairs said a little angrily: "Miss, the hot water is ready." ”

After that, she was about to turn around and go downstairs, but she didn't even look at her, and she was a little angry, of course, not because of the so-called identity of the master and servant, but because of another kind of thought.

Su Xiaoyan stopped Xing'er, and when the girl turned around, she walked over and raised her hand to flick Xing'er's forehead.

Xing'er was a little aggrieved, a slight pain came from her forehead, and she complained: "Miss......"

Su Xiaoyan rubbed Xing'er's body and walked forward. I went downstairs and heard her again, she was already downstairs.

Although there are few people in the Su family on weekdays, there is still a unified kitchen, everyone eats and everything is gathered together, and there are such and such things to talk about before and after meals, of course, in their respective courtyards, in order to cope with the occasional extreme weather, and facilitate daily life, in fact, they also have their own independent kitchenettes and separate washrooms.

Just like Su Xiaoyan's small courtyard, the second floor is the owner's house and study, and there are two smaller rooms used as the residence of the two maids, and the downstairs is the bathroom and kitchen.

At the moment, winter has not yet passed, the weather is not pleasant, and you still need to boil some hot water to take a shower at night. The bathhouse is two rooms inside and outside, separated by a small door in the middle, after all, in order to maintain the water temperature when taking a bath, it is still necessary to burn the stove, so Su Xiaoyan is in the inner room, and Xing'er is in the outer room, sometimes throwing wood into the stove. Something that had not been said before was talked through the door.

Xing'er was full of worries, and said in a firm tone: "Miss, what do you think...... It's messy enough at home, and it's really bad for Miss to bring that person in! ”

Although Xing'er is the maid next to Su Xiaoyan, including Lu'er, the three of them get along as each other's sisters on weekdays, and many things are also considered from this identity, and the way of speaking is probably based on this premise, generally speaking, it is either a joke, or really saying something serious, whether it is calling each other or yourself, it is replaced by a very casual you and me, and now this sudden mention of "maid" is really angry.

Su Xiaoyan listened to Xing'er's words, and was a little helpless about Xing'er's careful thoughts.

The heat was rising, forming a shallow mist around her, and her fair skin was looming, and the green silk was like a waterfall, falling at will, making her a little more mysterious. The little face was steamed red, and it added a bit of charm.

Listening to Xing'er's words, most of her mind fell on other things.

Probably due to her father's excessive doting, she is still a little different from traditional women, and she is not as good as ordinary women who are really matchmakers, parents' orders.

She has her own ideas.

I didn't think much about it before, but my father mentioned that when some thoughts are idle, they are like a flooding river, out of control. Whether the reality is unrealistic or not, she also hopes that the people around her have a certain emotional foundation with herself. In other words, at the very least, we should not hate each other.

Of course, it was more practical, putting aside the thoughts in her heart, she lowered her head slightly, her eyes were slightly condensed, she didn't know what she was thinking, her pretty face became more and more red, and her whole cheeks instantly became hot.

"Xing'er, bring some cold water in......" she shouted outside with a shaky voice.

Xing'er hurriedly threw away the firewood in her hand, and at first glance saw the raging fire in the stove, and exclaimed: "Miss, Miss...... Are you okay! As he spoke, he ran outside with a wooden bucket, and after a while, he came in with half a bucket of cold water and rushed in.

The conversation between the master and the servant ended because of their own thoughts, the night was in the middle of the night, the bamboo shadows were swaying, but the bright moon did not know where to hide.

After two days of habitual days, the atmosphere in Su Mansion became more and more tense, the second master called Su Ruhui didn't think about tea and dinner recently, and his face was haggard, he finally couldn't sit still after getting the exact news from Su Yuan several times, and hurried over after asking the location of the Jiangning Mansion prison, naturally he was stopped at the door, and after returning to Su Mansion, the second master relied on his strong identity to pay five hundred taels of silver from the account room, but he also failed to let him enter the prison, and after several blows from his son, he was angry and had a dispute with Su Yuan, probably said something about the Su family, but that's it.

Since then, Su Yuan really ignored Su Ruhui's affairs, and after Su Ruhui didn't see Su Yuan himself several times, she finally left the Su family with a flick of her sleeves, and let go of cruel words before leaving, almost to the point of breaking off the relationship.

Originally, the relatives who came over were a little embarrassed now, and they didn't leave or stay.

The atmosphere in the small courtyard was a little sluggish, and the faces of the three people living together were very close, probably thinking about some unknown things.

Wang Ning took the tea set in the courtyard, moved a chair and sat in the corner, the sunlight was mostly covered by the laurel tree overhead, and the sporadic light fell on his body, and he couldn't feel any dryness anymore.

His leisurely appearance is naturally not well received, so he has suffered a lot of white eyes, and since the incident of smashing the cup in Su Fu, those people have looked at him with even more resentment.

Su Xiaoyan came over at noon on this day, and the relatives of the Su family who lived with her greeted each other with a smile, and after Su Xiaoyan said a few words without smiling, she came to Wang Ning's side.

raised her foot and kicked Wang Ning's chair, and when Wang Ning woke up and turned around, she said in a low voice: "What I said before, let's almost do it!" ”

Wang Ning sat up straight and looked at her happily: "Have you thought about it?" ”

"Hmm."

"Who is it?"

Su Xiaoyan swept the surroundings, lowered her voice again, and said word by word: "Su ...... As...... Benefit! ”

The eyes are facing each other.

The look is different.